I remember when this movie first came out, nobody thought Bruce Willis could do an action movie, because up until then, he was mainly known for comedy, and most of the other action stars at the time were huge bodybuilder types. Now here we are over thirty years later remembering this as one of the greatest action movies of all time.
The critics made the same issue about Michael Keaton as Batman. This is why I don’t judge actor choices for roles as long as the studios aren’t doing it just to be woke.
This was Alan Rickman’s first movie role and of course, being Alan Rickman, he fucking nails it. Also, the reaction Gruber makes when he falls at the end is one of the best reactions ever, simply because it was real. They had told Rickman that they were going to count to three and then drop him, but they just said ‘one’ and then dropped him, so you can see it on Rickman’s face that he’s thinking ‘You bastards!’.
Alan Rickman really nails this one and bats it out of the park. This has been classed as one of the greatest if not the best Villain characters in films as Alan portrays him. He is highly amazing. There is depth to him and the cinematography, the way the camera works with him, gives him that sense of cold authority and cold calculated bad guy, so many remember very fondly. Also Great writing helps.
@@Hiraghm I checked Google and found out that Die Hard came first. I guess it's possible that he did January Man first, but Die Hard was released before it.
@@ronfehr7899 Most likely it was that way. Same thing happened with Matt Damion with Saving Private Ryan. He was cast to be an unknown for it.. but Good Will Hunting released beforehand and put him on the map lol.
Whether or not that's true is moot. When you produce art for the public, It's ultimately up to the general public's opinion.. There are many producers and many more artists who are happy to let the public decide how to interpret their work. That being said, there's no doubt it's a Christmas movie. It's not even a conversation anymore.
"This doesn't look like a Christmas movie, it looks like an action movie". It can be both. Just like you can have a Comedy Christmas movie, or a Romance Christmas movie.
the director put the naked lady poster in the elevator shaft to let the audience know and keep track of how little room John has in the elevator shafts that he has to keep going back and forth through the SAME catwalk. It adds to the feeling of claustrophobia and feeling trapped, if you think "oh man, they're right behind him shooting and john is right back where he started."
You cannot imagine the cheer that went up in the theater (During the original run) when Holly punches the reporter. Also, the groans when he's running across the glass. 😖
I missed the original in the theater but I caught the second one. Pretty cool, I must say. Everyone got a kick out of Bonnie's line, "Why does this keep happening to us?"
Fun fact: The look on Alan Rickman's face when Hans falls off the building is genuine, since he was attached to a harness and they were going to count to three and release on "three" but they instead decided at the last minute to release on "two".
The phrase "die hard" or "diehard" was used as an adjective to mean someone who was fanatically devoted to a cause or position, like a diehard fan or a diehard conservative. The store Sears used the word as a brand name for their car batteries, Diehard. Here, the title refers to John's refusal to die.
I watch this film in a theatre with my girlfriend. The two of us passed the next days talking about it with all our friends. They went to watch the film too, and then they spent the next days telling all their friends to watch it, and so on
The line the one cop says about how McLane “could be a bartender, for all we know!” is a neat little reference to the fact that Bruce Willis was a bartender before being cast in his breakout role in the tv series “Moonlighting,” which was fantastic in its first season then went downhill rapidly. I still remember the show’s Shakespeare homage episode fondly.
The candy bar grabber, Uli, was played by Al Leong. He was more of a stuntman, but he was a staple of 1980s and early 90s action movie and TV. He was in EVERYTHING.
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN out of the Nakatomi Building. 😎 🎄 Fun Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career. First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber and McClane meet fir the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent. Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.
Another fun fact: At the time, Bruce Willis was only known for comedic or romantic roles, such as his long run on _Moonlighting._ The producers of this were skeptical that he could pull off an action hero. Of course afterwards they were patting themselves on the back for how clever they were all the way to the bank.
The driver who got his lights knocked out just passed away last week. He was in a humorous reunion with Bruce Willis in a Die Hard battery super bowl commercial.
When people question the validity of this movie being a Christmas movie, I always think about It’s a Wonderful Life. Great movie but it doesn’t have a Christmas theme and it barely takes place during Christmas, yet it’s one of the greatest Christmas films of all time. The most shocking part of this movie? 9:36
I love love love watching this movie for the 100th time with someone who's never seen it before. Thanks for the perfect reactions Dawn, I'm so happy you liked my favorite movie 💕
It's not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from The Nakatomi Tower. Such a good film. So many quotable lines. You caught most of them in the reaction, but I do love 'I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. Mcclane' and 'You ask for miracles Theo, I give you the F.- B.-I .' Rickman is mesmeric in his line deliveries.
@@StephenLuke A lot of the actors in this film are seen in a few other great films. There are two bond villains, one from "The Living Daylight", and one from "License To Kill". One of Bond's C.I.A. allies from "License To Kill". There are at least three Ghostbusters alum, one actor in the first "Ghostbusters", and two from the second film. "Mr. Winslow" from "Family Matter", one of my all time favorite shows as a kid (I was born in the early 80s). "Professor Snape", obviously. "The Bull", if you will, from "Breakfast Club". The psychologist trying to figure out what's going on in Rigg's head, "Lethal Weapon" series. Several more, but I'll leave it to you and others to look up who's who. But this movie had so much talent in it. Some lasting, some fleeting. At the time though all made a great movie together. And a special shot out to "Theo", Clarence Gilyard, who passed away just last month. He was a familiar face both on t.v. and in movies throughout the 80s/90s.
Good reaction, Dawn. The long-haired blond guy was a Russian principal ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. I was onstage with him and Mikhail Baryshnikov for ten performances of Swan Lake back in the early ‘80s. Among other things, I poured a glass of wine for him onstage. He was in a relationship with Jacqueline Bisset until he drank himself to death.
A saw a parody of this film on stage once where they made use of this fact. They had that character wear white tights and do ballet leaps whenever he crossed the stage (as well as do other ballet-related things). 🙈
See, she gets it. It isn't just an action movie that takes place at Christmas. It has the themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption. If the fact that it involves violently stopping criminals automatically undoes the Christmas Spirit, then Home Alone isn't a Christmas movie either.
Yep it's a Christmas movie. Because when you really look at the big picture, this is the true meaning of Christmas. A relationship repaired, making a new friend and being loved. Forget the haters. This movie has a deep inner message that most, who don't view it as such. They only see it as an action movie but there was so much involved in the movie. Christmas Eve, Christmas party, songs and so much. Those who say this is not a Christmas movie, why didn't they play NORMAL music just as the credits were rolling?
The biggest argument is this: it HAS to be Xmas Eve for Hans’s plan to work. A Xmas party with everyone on the same floor and all but 2 security guards given the night off. Any other night of the year and there’s probably 2 guards on every floor, especially on the floor with the vault that contains $600m.
@@CoffeeMatt10 it was a high security vault and the building was new too. First year of construction. And would it matter anyway? They killed the men at the front entrance too
I don't wanna make you sad right before Christmas, but the IT guy in this movie is named Clarence Gilyard. He actually died a couple of weeks ago and he's had an amazing career. And "the quarterback is toast!" is way high on my list of one-liners from action movies. A couple of spots below "Get to the choppah!" Someone's bound to have already mentioned this, but I don't read all the comments.
It was at Christmas time, it had nothing to do with Christmas, someone said Merry Christmas in it, and there was a Christmas carol at the end. If It's a Wonderful Life can be called a Christmas movie, so can Die Hard.
I remember being 9 years old when my older brother brought this movie home for the family to watch.. they weren't sure if I was ready for it but we watched anyway and I'll cherish it for the rest of my life. My first REAL movie.
I became a Die Hard fan on December 2018, after I started to collect a lot of movies on DVD on December 26, 2018, and I'm still working on collecting them. And I'm counting Die Hard (1988) a Christmas movie and I still love it!
“Merry Christmas Hans” - “He’s gonna die hard when he hits the ground hard”. I’ve said it before, I don’t think I want to be on Dawn’s bad side. Also, evidently it is a Christmas movie because it “ is at Christmas time, has Christmas music, and romance, and love, and FIGHTING, And everyone coming together to save the day.” AWESOME!
A few years before this, he was broke, homeless, and answering acting callbacks on a payphone!! Then he got the amazing btv show, Moonlighting! Check out some episodes, here. It's a throwback to Cary grant scripts, written in the 40s-50s!!
Yes Die Hard is a Christmas movie. McClane is a Santa Special Agent assigned to remove the extra extra very naughty from Santa's Christmas presents list. 🎅 McClane even received stealth training from Santa's elves.
I took this movie for granted. Every villain was captivating in their own way. The action is top notch. The one liners by Bruce are excellent and iconic. Even Argyle is an incredible minor character.
If you want to know who Grace Kelly (my favourite actress) is check out her three Hitchcock movies Dial M For Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief or High Noon, The Country Girl or High Society. She later became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Yes! See, even in Scotland they understand "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie! Well done, Dawn. Now...If we can get "Santa Claus: The Movie" (1985) on the list for next year, if not this year... : ]
Carl is played by Alexander Gudunov. He was a premere dancer in the bolshoi ballet in Russia. He defected to the U S and danced here and then started acting.
Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie. It opens with 'snow' in a Christmas tree lot, and then follows a widower as he tries to deal with the offscreen loss of his wife during the holidays.
Lol John was a machine in his fight with Karl. He was feeding him punches and when he's taunting him about how he killed his brother that was so vicious LOL
It is a Christmas Movie. The movies primary setting is at an Office Christmas Party, the first guy Bruce Willis kills he dresses up in a Santa hat and writes a message on him now I have a machine gun Ho Ho Ho, and also Christmas music played at various moments of the movie.
The guy playing Hanz was afraid of heights so the director agreed to make the fall out of the window only about 15 feet. Then changed his mind right before because he thought it would be more real. He didn't tell the actor though so the fear in his face was authentic.
You can have an action-packed Christmas movie. Sure. There's nothing contradictory about that. And in fact, there's _plenty_ of Christmas in this movie. I mean it's set at Christmas time, there's Christmas music on its soundtrack and its events take place during a _Christmas_ party. And the producers _say_ it's a _Christmas_ movie. The _weird_ part was that it came out in July. Yeah, _that_ was a weird decision.
Awesome Christmas movie and I watch this every year. To anyone thinking Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie, you know who you are :P Gremlins and Lethal Weapon are Christmas movies too. 'I am going to count to three. There will be not be a four' might be the most chilling line in modern public cinema
nope. Happens at Christmas time with no relevance to it. Could have happened in summer with minor change in setting for the office party and zero change to the story.
@@neilburgess9652 Sure, you could take out the Christmas element from Wonderful Life but that whole last section wouldn't have the same impact it did with the message of coming together, singing and spirit of the season. It adds to the wholesome theme. Not so with this movie. Doesn't make it any less of a movie as it would with IaWL. I'm sure you'll disagree just for the sake of it. Not sure why people have to pry this into Christmas by making the claim on every single comment section. It's just weird.
Its not Christmas until I hear the pogues, fairytale of new York and until I see hans grubber fall from the nokatomi tower. Now I'm in the Christmas spirit...
There was a bit of tricky editing in the scene where Alan Rickman's character shoots the boss. In every take that was done for that scene, Rickman was unable to stop from flinching when pulling the trigger. Hence the blood splatter shot on the glass.
Back in the 1980s normal bank accounts got 10% interest, term deposits were 15% at least in Australia... so getting 20% interest on multi million dollar investments is easy to understand....
The crew realized their continuity mistake on John's t-shirt and finally chose to keep what was shot and change him, yet again, into a third t-shirt (tank-tee) which was white covered in grease and dirt and blood so John wears three different t-shirts throughout.
There's another good movie, starring the actress that played "Holly Mclaen." Bonnie Bedilia starred in a movie called "Heart Like a Wheel," and it's about Shirley Muldowney, the first woman to qualify for a "top fuel" drag racer license. She was the first person (man or woman,) to win the NHRA Winston points championship title three times. Her career best race was set in 2001 at 4.64 seconds at 320.20 MPH. In other words, from a standing stop, on a track that's only a quarter mile (400m) long from the starting line to the finish line, she accelerated from 0 to 320.30 MPH (515 KPH) in 4.64 seconds.
I remember when this movie first came out, nobody thought Bruce Willis could do an action movie, because up until then, he was mainly known for comedy, and most of the other action stars at the time were huge bodybuilder types. Now here we are over thirty years later remembering this as one of the greatest action movies of all time.
"This movie looks cool, but it has the guy from Moonlighting in it"- most people in 1988
@@bluebird3281 😄
The critics made the same issue about Michael Keaton as Batman. This is why I don’t judge actor choices for roles as long as the studios aren’t doing it just to be woke.
Facts! I’ve told people imagine Simon Helberg (from Big Bang Theory) playing a tough as nails cop in an action movie. They basically what it was like.
@@EclecticSundries 😄
This was Alan Rickman’s first movie role and of course, being Alan Rickman, he fucking nails it.
Also, the reaction Gruber makes when he falls at the end is one of the best reactions ever, simply because it was real. They had told Rickman that they were going to count to three and then drop him, but they just said ‘one’ and then dropped him, so you can see it on Rickman’s face that he’s thinking ‘You bastards!’.
"Busted" 1983
Alan Rickman really nails this one and bats it out of the park. This has been classed as one of the greatest if not the best Villain characters in films as Alan portrays him. He is highly amazing. There is depth to him and the cinematography, the way the camera works with him, gives him that sense of cold authority and cold calculated bad guy, so many remember very fondly. Also Great writing helps.
I thought January Man came before this one?
@@Hiraghm I checked Google and found out that Die Hard came first.
I guess it's possible that he did January Man first, but Die Hard was released before it.
@@ronfehr7899 Most likely it was that way. Same thing happened with Matt Damion with Saving Private Ryan. He was cast to be an unknown for it.. but Good Will Hunting released beforehand and put him on the map lol.
“That’s a lot of glass for his feeties.” (2 sec later) “Why are they shooting the glass?” 😂😂😂
$640 million in 1988 is equivalent to$1.628 BILLION dollars today :D
The scriptwriter says it's a Christmas movie, so it's a Christmas movie.
That’s good enough for me!
Definitely a Christmas movie 👍
Not what the writer said,...At All. It's sad when people use lies to make their "point". LOL
Whether or not that's true is moot. When you produce art for the public, It's ultimately up to the general public's opinion.. There are many producers and many more artists who are happy to let the public decide how to interpret their work.
That being said, there's no doubt it's a Christmas movie. It's not even a conversation anymore.
Die Hard
AKA: John McClane saves Christmas
There's even a Christmas miracle at the end like with Tiny Tim: the LA cop can shoot people again.
"This doesn't look like a Christmas movie, it looks like an action movie". It can be both. Just like you can have a Comedy Christmas movie, or a Romance Christmas movie.
the director put the naked lady poster in the elevator shaft to let the audience know and keep track of how little room John has in the elevator shafts that he has to keep going back and forth through the SAME catwalk. It adds to the feeling of claustrophobia and feeling trapped, if you think "oh man, they're right behind him shooting and john is right back where he started."
"He's gonnae _DIE HARD_ when he hits the ground." is why Dawn is the best
"Now I have a machine gun.... Ho Ho Ho"
Doesn't get more "Christmasie" than that.
For the falling scene, they told Rickman they would count 3...2...1...GO. Then they let him go after "3". So his shocked face was genuine.
Actually it was at "2" I heard-one second Early!! That's why there's such a surprised look on his face.
You cannot imagine the cheer that went up in the theater (During the original run) when Holly punches the reporter.
Also, the groans when he's running across the glass. 😖
The punch is awesome, but I love his "Did you get that?" to the cameraman.
I worked at a theater showing it back in the day, and you better believe people lost their shit!!!
Good thing she didn’t kick him between the legs cause the reporter has no d#%k.
@@STNeish the script is a masterpiece in every way
I missed the original in the theater but I caught the second one. Pretty cool, I must say. Everyone got a kick out of Bonnie's line, "Why does this keep happening to us?"
Welcome to the party pal
Fun fact: The look on Alan Rickman's face when Hans falls off the building is genuine, since he was attached to a harness and they were going to count to three and release on "three" but they instead decided at the last minute to release on "two".
The phrase "die hard" or "diehard" was used as an adjective to mean someone who was fanatically devoted to a cause or position, like a diehard fan or a diehard conservative. The store Sears used the word as a brand name for their car batteries, Diehard. Here, the title refers to John's refusal to die.
16:49 This is what we call _'foreshadowing.'_ 🤣
I watch this film in a theatre with my girlfriend. The two of us passed the next days talking about it with all our friends. They went to watch the film too, and then they spent the next days telling all their friends to watch it, and so on
The line the one cop says about how McLane “could be a bartender, for all we know!” is a neat little reference to the fact that Bruce Willis was a bartender before being cast in his breakout role in the tv series “Moonlighting,” which was fantastic in its first season then went downhill rapidly. I still remember the show’s Shakespeare homage episode fondly.
The Shakespeare episode was brilliant. Highly recommended.
"Atomic Shakespeare"!
Try searching for it on YOUr favorite TUBE streaming service for a blast from the past.
I used to frequent the bar he worked at in NYC. YES, he served me drinks. Who knew? I'd have left bigger tips.
The candy bar grabber, Uli, was played by Al Leong. He was more of a stuntman, but he was a staple of 1980s and early 90s action movie and TV. He was in EVERYTHING.
As I recall, American audiences noted that was a bad accent coming out of Hans, something Brits and Europeans did not seem to notice.
You were watching the cop walk out of the convenient store and potentially noticing the gunfire, I was looking at the $.74 gasoline.
I wish I could erase my mind temporarily so I can rewatch this again for the first time.
They just don't make movies like in the 80s these days.
"Yippee ki yay motherf****r!" One of the best lines ever.
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN out of the Nakatomi Building. 😎 🎄
Fun Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career.
First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber and McClane meet fir the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent.
Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.
Another fun fact: At the time, Bruce Willis was only known for comedic or romantic roles, such as his long run on _Moonlighting._ The producers of this were skeptical that he could pull off an action hero. Of course afterwards they were patting themselves on the back for how clever they were all the way to the bank.
It wouldn't be Christmas season without Hans Gruber dropping off the Nakatomi building.
74 cents a gallon gas..... The real fantasy in this movie. :D
The first Lethal Weapon film was also set around Christmas so could also be considered a Christmas movie same goes for Gremlins.
The driver who got his lights knocked out just passed away last week. He was in a humorous reunion with Bruce Willis in a Die Hard battery super bowl commercial.
When people question the validity of this movie being a Christmas movie, I always think about It’s a Wonderful Life. Great movie but it doesn’t have a Christmas theme and it barely takes place during Christmas, yet it’s one of the greatest Christmas films of all time.
The most shocking part of this movie? 9:36
"That's a lot of glass for his poor feeties."
literally seconds later:
"Why are they shooting the glass?"
If Die Hard is on, we must be close to Christmas!
if “Die Hard” is Christmas then so is “Gremlins”
"It's not Christmas until the Gruber falls!"
I love love love watching this movie for the 100th time with someone who's never seen it before.
Thanks for the perfect reactions Dawn, I'm so happy you liked my favorite movie 💕
It was a huge setup in role for Bruce Willis. He went form a TV comedy called moonlighting to an action movie star with this single role.
So did Chris Pratt...
@@StarkRG Chris Pratt wasn't in Moonlighting, I would have remembered him!
It's not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from The Nakatomi Tower. Such a good film. So many quotable lines. You caught most of them in the reaction, but I do love 'I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. Mcclane' and 'You ask for miracles Theo, I give you the F.- B.-I .' Rickman is mesmeric in his line deliveries.
Oh this is a GREAT CHRISTMAS MOVIE!🍿 😊🎄
"Argyle", the unsung hero.
De’voreaux White who played Argyle played a guitar thief from The Blues Brothers (1980).
@@StephenLuke A lot of the actors in this film are seen in a few other great films. There are two bond villains, one from "The Living Daylight", and one from "License To Kill". One of Bond's C.I.A. allies from "License To Kill".
There are at least three Ghostbusters alum, one actor in the first "Ghostbusters", and two from the second film. "Mr. Winslow" from "Family Matter", one of my all time favorite shows as a kid (I was born in the early 80s). "Professor Snape", obviously. "The Bull", if you will, from "Breakfast Club". The psychologist trying to figure out what's going on in Rigg's head, "Lethal Weapon" series.
Several more, but I'll leave it to you and others to look up who's who. But this movie had so much talent in it. Some lasting, some fleeting. At the time though all made a great movie together.
And a special shot out to "Theo", Clarence Gilyard, who passed away just last month. He was a familiar face both on t.v. and in movies throughout the 80s/90s.
Good reaction, Dawn. The long-haired blond guy was a Russian principal ballet dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. I was onstage with him and Mikhail Baryshnikov for ten performances of Swan Lake back in the early ‘80s. Among other things, I poured a glass of wine for him onstage. He was in a relationship with Jacqueline Bisset until he drank himself to death.
A saw a parody of this film on stage once where they made use of this fact. They had that character wear white tights and do ballet leaps whenever he crossed the stage (as well as do other ballet-related things). 🙈
Holy crap, that took a dark turn in the last sentence
Bruce Willis is my favourite actor. He always defeats bad guys, but wasn't able to defeat his disease. Unfortunately, life is not a movie 😔
See, she gets it. It isn't just an action movie that takes place at Christmas. It has the themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption. If the fact that it involves violently stopping criminals automatically undoes the Christmas Spirit, then Home Alone isn't a Christmas movie either.
There's two types of people: those who think Die Hard is a Christmas movie and those who are wrong.
Never seen this as a Christmas film. Just an action movie during Christmas. Also, it cane out in the cinemas in the summer
The vast majority of It's a Wonderful Life neither takes place nor references Christmas. Miracle on 34th Street was released in May.
The best Christmas movie of all time.
Yep it's a Christmas movie. Because when you really look at the big picture, this is the true meaning of Christmas.
A relationship repaired, making a new friend and being loved.
Forget the haters. This movie has a deep inner message that most, who don't view it as such. They only see it as an action movie but there was so much involved in the movie.
Christmas Eve, Christmas party, songs and so much.
Those who say this is not a Christmas movie, why didn't they play NORMAL music just as the credits were rolling?
The biggest argument is this: it HAS to be Xmas Eve for Hans’s plan to work. A Xmas party with everyone on the same floor and all but 2 security guards given the night off. Any other night of the year and there’s probably 2 guards on every floor, especially on the floor with the vault that contains $600m.
@@CoffeeMatt10 it was a high security vault and the building was new too. First year of construction. And would it matter anyway? They killed the men at the front entrance too
This is such a beautiful love story of two people making a lifelong, deep-soul connection. And one of them also fixed his relationship with his wife.
I don't wanna make you sad right before Christmas, but the IT guy in this movie is named Clarence Gilyard. He actually died a couple of weeks ago and he's had an amazing career. And "the quarterback is toast!" is way high on my list of one-liners from action movies. A couple of spots below "Get to the choppah!"
Someone's bound to have already mentioned this, but I don't read all the comments.
"you didn't bring me along for my charming personality"
When Hans asks Theo if he is able to crack the safe🥲
Dawn is right. Christmas is indeed all about fighting.
"He could a bartender for all we know!" Bruce Willis was a bartender. In joke.
It was at Christmas time, it had nothing to do with Christmas, someone said Merry Christmas in it, and there was a Christmas carol at the end. If It's a Wonderful Life can be called a Christmas movie, so can Die Hard.
One wholesome family Christmas movie!
I remember being 9 years old when my older brother brought this movie home for the family to watch.. they weren't sure if I was ready for it but we watched anyway and I'll cherish it for the rest of my life. My first REAL movie.
Thanks!
The actor who plays the hacker, that kung-fu kicks the computer/security system died not long ago.
RIP
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
(1955-2022)
I HAD NO IDEA CONRAD DIED!
Oh, man... what a bummer! :(
I became a Die Hard fan on December 2018, after I started to collect a lot of movies on DVD on December 26, 2018, and I'm still working on collecting them.
And I'm counting Die Hard (1988) a Christmas movie and I still love it!
DVD? Are you being serious?
@@prltqdf9 Yes, and I'm not kidding, I'm nostalgic.
“Merry Christmas Hans” - “He’s gonna die hard when he hits the ground hard”. I’ve said it before, I don’t think I want to be on Dawn’s bad side.
Also, evidently it is a Christmas movie because it “ is at Christmas time, has Christmas music, and romance, and love, and FIGHTING, And everyone coming together to save the day.” AWESOME!
Definitely a Christmas movie, cowboy! 🎄 Yipee Kay Yay!
Movie went from being a romance to people realizing it was a bromance... between John McLean and Reggie Veljohnson's character, Al Powell.
A few years before this, he was broke, homeless, and answering acting callbacks on a payphone!! Then he got the amazing btv show, Moonlighting! Check out some episodes, here. It's a throwback to Cary grant scripts, written in the 40s-50s!!
It's not Christmas until Hans falls from the Nakatomi Tower!
Yes Die Hard is a Christmas movie. McClane is a Santa Special Agent assigned to remove the extra extra very naughty from Santa's Christmas presents list. 🎅
McClane even received stealth training from Santa's elves.
Haha! Now that would be a Christmas movie.
A blast watching this with you ! 😀
what makes is a Christmas movie 1.christmas eve 2.christmas music 3.christmas tree 4.christmas decor
IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS UNTIL HANS GRUBER FALLS FROM NAKATOMI TOWER!!!
An excellent reaction, Dawn. Number 2 'Die Hard 2, Die Harder' is also set at Christmas so, you could do that one too.
I took this movie for granted. Every villain was captivating in their own way. The action is top notch. The one liners by Bruce are excellent and iconic. Even Argyle is an incredible minor character.
"That's a lot of glass for his poor feeties".
Possibly the cutest thing ever said about this movie.
A Heartwarming Christmas Movie
Of course this is a Christmas movie. Christmas just isn't Christmas until I've seen Hans Gruber fall from the top of Nakatomi Plaza. 😅
Noticing the poster was actually smart. It was a navigation landmark within that floor of the building.
Dawn: "The German's have lovely blond hair."
I believe Hitler had a thing about that too!🤣
If you want to know who Grace Kelly (my favourite actress) is check out her three Hitchcock movies Dial M For Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief or High Noon, The Country Girl or High Society. She later became Princess Grace of Monaco.
I love that the reporters are better investigators than the cops. Or at least that lady was, Dick Thornburg's assistant. She needs a raise.
The clue that John knew it was Hans is the camera angle when they are talking to each other. It’s known as a Dutch angle and is used to show distrust.
The guy who plays the I.T. expert, he passed away 3 weeks ago.
Came for the reaction to a CLASSIC movie (best Christmas movie ever), stayed for the cute lil Santa hat at a jaunty angle!
It’s a wonderful life is better Christmas movie and so is home alone
Yes!
See, even in Scotland they understand "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie!
Well done, Dawn.
Now...If we can get "Santa Claus: The Movie" (1985) on the list for next year, if not this year...
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You need to watch Die Hard 2 It also takes place around Christmas time but in Washington DC instead of LA
Carl is played by Alexander Gudunov. He was a premere dancer in the bolshoi ballet in Russia. He defected to the U S and danced here and then started acting.
Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie. It opens with 'snow' in a Christmas tree lot, and then follows a widower as he tries to deal with the offscreen loss of his wife during the holidays.
Its Not Christmas Until Hans Gruber Falls From Nakatomi Tower.
100 % Christmas movie right down to the paper money snowing from the building at the end.
Die Hard is my absolute favourite Christmas film, followed closely by Gremlins.
Guns a blazing is not a Christmas Movie
Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, Trancers
Lol John was a machine in his fight with Karl. He was feeding him punches and when he's taunting him about how he killed his brother that was so vicious LOL
18:18 - I love how they give him a can of Coke because they misunderstood him when he requested Coke (cocaine).
It isn't truly Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza!
It is a Christmas Movie. The movies primary setting is at an Office Christmas Party, the first guy Bruce Willis kills he dresses up in a Santa hat and writes a message on him now I have a machine gun Ho Ho Ho, and also Christmas music played at various moments of the movie.
The guy playing Hanz was afraid of heights so the director agreed to make the fall out of the window only about 15 feet. Then changed his mind right before because he thought it would be more real. He didn't tell the actor though so the fear in his face was authentic.
You can have an action-packed Christmas movie. Sure. There's nothing contradictory about that. And in fact, there's _plenty_ of Christmas in this movie. I mean it's set at Christmas time, there's Christmas music on its soundtrack and its events take place during a _Christmas_ party. And the producers _say_ it's a _Christmas_ movie.
The _weird_ part was that it came out in July. Yeah, _that_ was a weird decision.
Awesome Christmas movie and I watch this every year. To anyone thinking Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie, you know who you are :P Gremlins and Lethal Weapon are Christmas movies too. 'I am going to count to three. There will be not be a four' might be the most chilling line in modern public cinema
"So he won't be joining us... for the rest of his life." is such a cold line, but the way Rickman delivers it is hilarious.
nope. Happens at Christmas time with no relevance to it. Could have happened in summer with minor change in setting for the office party and zero change to the story.
@@hebber1961 yes it could....and a wonderful life could be set in June and the guy was just deranged all along but that's not the case
@@neilburgess9652 Sure, you could take out the Christmas element from Wonderful Life but that whole last section wouldn't have the same impact it did with the message of coming together, singing and spirit of the season. It adds to the wholesome theme.
Not so with this movie. Doesn't make it any less of a movie as it would with IaWL. I'm sure you'll disagree just for the sake of it.
Not sure why people have to pry this into Christmas by making the claim on every single comment section. It's just weird.
Best Christmas Movie EVER!
7:59 Simply one of the finest line deliveries in Cinematic History.
I'm so glad that we got to watch you enjoy this movie so much!
Its not Christmas until I hear the pogues, fairytale of new York and until I see hans grubber fall from the nokatomi tower.
Now I'm in the Christmas spirit...
Argyle is the kid who tried to steal Ray Charles guitar in The Blues Brothers.
WHOA!!!! That’s a fun bit of trivia that I have never heard before.
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There was a bit of tricky editing in the scene where Alan Rickman's character shoots the boss. In every take that was done for that scene, Rickman was unable to stop from flinching when pulling the trigger. Hence the blood splatter shot on the glass.
If Home Alone is a Christmas movie then Die Hard is.
Back in the 1980s normal bank accounts got 10% interest, term deposits were 15% at least in Australia... so getting 20% interest on multi million dollar investments is easy to understand....
The crew realized their continuity mistake on John's t-shirt and finally chose to keep what was shot and change him, yet again, into a third t-shirt (tank-tee) which was white covered in grease and dirt and blood so John wears three different t-shirts throughout.
There's another good movie, starring the actress that played "Holly Mclaen." Bonnie Bedilia starred in a movie called "Heart Like a Wheel," and it's about Shirley Muldowney, the first woman to qualify for a "top fuel" drag racer license. She was the first person (man or woman,) to win the NHRA Winston points championship title three times. Her career best race was set in 2001 at 4.64 seconds at 320.20 MPH. In other words, from a standing stop, on a track that's only a quarter mile (400m) long from the starting line to the finish line, she accelerated from 0 to 320.30 MPH (515 KPH) in 4.64 seconds.